transversal

transversal

Line PQ is a transversal.

trans·ver·sal

 (trăns-vûr′səl, trănz-)

adj.

Transverse.

n. Mathematics

A line that intersects a system of other lines.

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transversal

(trænzˈvɜːsəl)

n

(Mathematics) geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines

adj

a less common word for transverse

transˈversally adv

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trans•ver•sal

(trænsˈvɜr səl, trænz-)

adj.

1. transverse.

n.

2. a line intersecting two or more other lines.

[1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin trānsversālis. See transverse, -al¹]

trans•ver′sal•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

transversal - extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon" cross, thwartwise, transverse crosswise - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"

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transversal

adjective

Situated or lying across:

crossing, crosswise, thwart, transverse, traverse.

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Translations

trasversale

transversal

[trænzˈvɜːsəl] ADJ → transversal

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transversal

[trænzˈvɜːs/əl] (Geom)

1. adj → trasversale

2. n → retta trasversale

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transversal

a. transversal;

___ plane → plano ___.

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